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Williamsburg Walks Gets Reduced To One Weekend
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 6, 2010
Modified Apr 6, 2010
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Williamsburg: of the six Saturdays that were scheduled, you are only getting one weekend for your pedestrian plaza this summer. The good news is, there's someone to direct your anger towards! According to FreeWilliamsburg, A & G Merch's Jill Goldhand is the leader of the movement that took down fest—in fact, she recently told the Brooklyn Paper: "Thank God they’ve cut it."
Goldhand, as well as other merchants on the strip, complained they lost sales during the Williamsburg Walks events, which typically shuts down a stretch of Bedford Avenue for a few summer Saturdays. Will sales pick up again this year or do people in the area just not care that much about $450 chandeliers? Time will tell!
Meanwhile, organizers at Neighbors Allied for Good Growth say this year's event will take place on June 26 and 27th—and they're "confident [it] will be fantastic and we will establish a sustainable model for the years to come." If not, then you can look forward to future summers of driving your car over to the new Starbucks.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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